In order to serve the people living in all the 100 wards of the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) better, the civic body is now set on making the five zonal offices located in various areas of the city functional. The announcement of opening such offices had been made last month and it is learnt that the offices are likely to start functioning by the end of this week. All the officers and workers deputed at these offices would report in the area soon.
The municipal commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey said, “MCD now consisting of 100 wards, it was imperative for us to open the zonal offices in various parts of the city. The offices are now ready to start functioning. They have been provided with computers and furniture. Once the offices start functioning services like issuance of birth and death certificate aside from tax payments and sanitation would be processed from the zonal offices. We have deputed 10 sanitation workers in every area and we have provided a cleanliness vehicle in every zonal office. We have also made sure that the complaints are acted upon promptly.’’
It is pertinent to mention that the zonal offices are coming up at Rajpur, MCD, Mathorowala, Harawala and Arcadia Hall in the city.